Looking for a job in the SQL Server industry can be a challenge for many people. Craig Farrell examines part of this process in his look at job postings and how you can interpret them.
2013-05-24 (first published: 2011-04-14)
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In this tip we would look using an existing SSRS report to provide the data for PowerPivot in Excel.
2013-05-24
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Capturing the activity on a server when a problem occurs can be a challenge for many DBAs. This article shows how you can automate the capture of information when a CPU spike occurs.
2013-05-23
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Red Gate Books has released SQL Server Transaction Log Management, a free eBook on maintaining and troubleshooting the enigmatic transaction log based on the Stairway Series.
2013-05-23
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There are plenty of occasions when it makes a lot of sense to do backup and restore scripts in PowerShell. Microsoft have put effort into making it much easier, as Allen White demonstrates.
2013-05-23
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Greg Larsen shares a number of different TSQL methods to provide paging functionality, for when your application requires that you display only one page of data at a time.
2013-05-22
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This document evaluates the latest functionality provided by Microsoft SQL Server 2012 With Power View for Multidimensional Models[1], this SQL Server 2012 CTP release allows connections between Power View and Multidimensional Models ( cubes) and not just Tabular Models.
2013-05-21
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I'm interested in monitoring all my SQL Server backups, but for SQL Server Express we're currently using scheduled backups using Windows Task scheduler on each SQL Server Express since SQL Agent does not come installed on Express Editions. Is there an alternative where I can utilize my existing SQL Server infrastructure?
2013-05-21
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A quick guide for connecting to our free copy of AdventureWorks on the Azure platform.
2013-05-20
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SQL Server 2012 makes your database maintenance jobs easy by proving an effective Maintenance Plan Wizard. This wizard does a fair job of creating core maintenance plans for your database.
2013-05-20
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Programmatic Tool Calling with the Claude SDK Every morning somebody on the team runs the...
By Steve Jones
mauerbauertraurigkeit – n. inexplicable urge to push people away, even close friends whose company...
By Brian Kelley
Pinal Dave wrote up his methodology for what to do when you discover bad...
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In SQL Server 2025, I run this code:
select bit_count('A')
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